Monday, August 30, 2010

Baptist St. Anthony's (BSA) Health System, a 450-bed hospital, is located in Amarillo, Texas. BSA has been an RMS and ORMS client since 2004. BSA uses ORMS and perioperative charting for the main campus and a remote ASC, which includes 24 O.R. suites in total. Cindy Borders and Peggy Pittenger recently met with the Vice President of Patient Care and surgery department managers to review RMS/ORMS 6.25 features as well as areas where process improvements have already been beneficial with the system. Specifically, they focused on general reporting alternatives, applications of block-time management alternatives, reduction in delays, and the use of historical data trends. Based upon the analysis, it appeared that benefits have been realized in accomplishing smoother preadmission workflow, improvements in daily staffing, reduction of overtime labor, and a reallocation of block time. Over a longer term, a path toward a paperless environment will be realized.

With regard to reporting alternatives, BSA is using a combination of Unibased alternatives including standard reports, standard reports combined with Microsoft Excel, EasyQ, and Crystal Reports. The Director of Surgery seemed to appreciate the on-demand aspects of Block Utilization Reports in order to review with surgeons in order to justify adjustments.

The integrated RMS/ORMS aspects were beneficial in several ways, including preadmission testing, and the Wound Care Department Director will begin using the RMS to schedule recurring appointments. Some interest was expressed in the Unibased new offering for bone and tissue tracking, and Unibased is planning improvements in the case progress display in the near term, as suggested by TMF.

Baptist St. Anthony's (BSA) Health System, a 450-bed hospital, is located in Amarillo, Texas. BSA has been an RMS and ORMS client since 2004. BSA uses ORMS and perioperative charting for the main campus and a remote ASC, which includes 24 O.R. suites in total. Cindy Borders and Peggy Pittenger recently met with the Vice President of Patient Care and surgery department managers to review RMS/ORMS 6.25 features as well as areas where process improvements have already been beneficial with the system. Specifically, they focused on general reporting alternatives, applications of block-time management alternatives, reduction in delays, and the use of historical data trends. Based upon the analysis, it appeared that benefits have been realized in accomplishing smoother preadmission workflow, improvements in daily staffing, reduction of overtime labor, and a reallocation of block time. Over a longer term, a path toward a paperless environment will be realized.

With regard to reporting alternatives, BSA is using a combination of Unibased alternatives including standard reports, standard reports combined with Microsoft Excel, EasyQ, and Crystal Reports. The Director of Surgery seemed to appreciate the on-demand aspects of Block Utilization Reports in order to review with surgeons in order to justify adjustments.

The integrated RMS/ORMS aspects were beneficial in several ways, including preadmission testing, and the Wound Care Department Director will begin using the RMS to schedule recurring appointments. Some interest was expressed in the Unibased new offering for bone and tissue tracking, and Unibased is planning improvements in the case progress display in the near term, as suggested by TMF.